Springdale News

Fourth of July events in the Valley include: Apollo: Salute To The Armed Forces and Fireworks at 7 p.m. Saturday at Owens Field, Apollo.

Where: Carnival grounds are located adjacent to Springdale Veterans Memorial Field, a block below Pittsburgh Street.

Fireworks are a big part of Americans' July 4 celebrations, but some might result in trips to the emergency room.

"These businesses collected taxes from their customers and employees but failed to send the money to the commonwealth," Stetler said.

These suspects were taken into custody Monday in Tarentum, unless otherwise noted.

That's the best way to describe J.S. Dill's July 2 auction. With tons of guns, pinball machines, vintage porcelain gas station signs and a 1993 "triple black" Mercedes Benz 500SL roadster, Dill's pre-Independence Day sale should attract a decidedly male crowd to the company's Zelienople showroom.

THE DETAILS What: Homestead of famed ecologist Rachel Carson When: Gardens and grounds are open daily, year-round. However, you must call ahead to arrange for a personal tour of the interior of this humble four-room home where Carson spent her first 22 years.

Michael Aubele can be reached via e-mail or at 724-226-4673. Natasha Phillips hopes for the chance to ride an elephant this summer.

Lance: To the Allegheny Valley School Board. This bunch of ostriches doesn't want to see the fact that this school district almost certainly won't stand alone in 10 years.

Springdale High School's proposed two-story wing would house 17 classrooms. The first floor would have consumer science, foreign language, special education and regular classrooms plus a faculty room and storage space.

Six local municipalities will be part of a $900,000 Environmental Protection Agency grant for brownfield assessment.

Wednesday is the birthday of one of the most important people in the movement to rid the earth of poisons: Rachel Carson, born May 27, 1907, in Springdale, Pa.

A fire that destroyed a vacant house in Springdale is being investigated by the Allegheny County Fire Marshal, dispatch workers said.

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Veterans can get free chiropractic care for up to one month at Frazetta Chiropractic in Springdale.

Michael Aubele can be reached via e-mail or at 724-226-4673. Improving the borough's infrastructure and attracting new businesses top the list of priorities for three Republicans seeking nomination for a two-year term on council.

Michael Aubele can be reached via e-mail or at 724-226-4673. As for having Harmar join a regional police force: One side says absolutely.

Michael Aubele can be reached via e-mail or at 724-226-4673. Tillie Mento could have sworn she was staring at her late husband's likeness.

One seat is open. Three candidates are running for the Democratic nomination; two of those candidates are cross-filed and also are seeking the Republican nomination.

Route 28 will be reduced to a single lane in each direction in Springdale next week while crews seal cracks on the bridge carrying the highway over Yutes Run Road.